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Hi! In October 2010, I moved from San Francisco to Manhattan with my husband, daughter, and twin boys. Since then I've been busy teaching myself and my kids how to hail a cab, fly a kite in Central Park, and walk across the Brooklyn Bridge with style. And a few other things. I write about those other things here. Thanks for stopping by!
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8/27/12

My Favorite Fall Hair Trend: Written in Center Justification for No Reason

I've stopped doing my hair. Meaning, I get out of the shower and let it air dry. I don't even comb it and miraculously doesn't get knots. Sometimes it's frizzy. It's mostly frizzy. After showering I use one product: Oribe - Crème for Style. I don't know it's purpose exactly, but it smells amazing.

I stopped doing my hair ever since I met up with some of the coolest women in the city. After about an hour of hanging out with them, I realized I was the only one who had curled my hair for the gathering. All the women were sitting around with limp colorless hair. They looked beautiful. So I decided to jump on this trend the next day.

That was weeks ago. Then family photos happened, and we took an amazing photo! Except my hair. It's so limp and colorless in this shot. But so fashion forward!! That's what I keep telling myself . . .

60 comments:

What a sweet photo! It's gorgeous. Plus I think your hair looks great. I think curling is kind of out-dated and unnecessary, but maybe that's just my own wishful thinking and justification of the fact that I never ever do anything to my hair except smush in a little bit of bumble and bumble texture (like you, I'm not exactly sure what it does, but it looks much better with it in, dirty and messy in a good way). I say keep it up!

Your hair looks great! I recently started doing the same thing. I used to ALWAYS brush my hair, then blow dry it, then brush it again after a shower. My hair is very long though and recently when I went to get my hair cut I had a lot of split ends so I decided to lay off the blow dryer and just let it air dry. It's usually wavy and sometimes I hate it but I think it's a lot healthier. When it starts getting cold out though I don't know if I'll be able to walk around with wet hair for hours waiting for it to dry!

Hi Sharon! It was great to meet you at Alt Summit last week. I was inspired by our chat and will definitely be trying the air dry route more often these days. I don't even want to think about how much time I've wasted blow drying and curling over the years. Sounds pretty liberating to give it a rest. PS...cute family pic!

It looks beautiful! I am happy I read this today because I have the same hair and I have gotten so many compliments. So long to the hours of curling my hair and trying to make it not friz! All I need is a morning shower and a bobby-pin!

I've been into natural hair texture lately too! I still blow dry my roots, I haven't come far enough to love the limp (and my hair is liiiiiiimp without some product in the roots) but I just twist and scrunch the ends and head out the door. a bit frizzy, but I love it. feels summery :)

I started doing the same last year- air drying to get that messy, wavy/curly look. But I cheat- I have to dry the top and use a flat iron to kinda lift it off my head or I would look like a pyramid- and straighten the front because I have tighter curls framing my face that just are annoying and unruly. I use a anti-frizz mousse from Paul Mitchell when its wet, and Bedhead After Party when its almost dry, and then Rusk Deepshine Lustre to further tame the frizz and add some shine. And a little hairspray to keep the lift and the front off my face. Sometimes I use this powder dry shampoo stuff on my scalp on the top back of my head and tease it for more lift. Its all better than straightening it with a blowdryer and flat iron every morning when its hot in my bathroom and I am not wanting to wake up earlier to get ready for work. I also color my hair because I like mine a bit darker and less red than my natural color. Oh, and to color the few grays that are creeping in.....ssshh ;)

Have you tried sock buns? Or bun donuts? If you put your hair in a high ponytail and then put the donut around the end and start rolling it down, it ends up curling it in big bouncy curls. Often I'll put my hair up in that when it's still very slightly damp and wear it in a bun one day, and then the next I'll take the bun out and spray some dry shampoo in it and have loose curls with no heat. Not drying/curling it is SO much nicer to your hair--all that heat fries it!

I was never one to "do" my hair (don't even own a hair brush), but after having a kid even minimal blow-drying went out the window. My favorite product is Glossy Modeling Putty for Wizards No. 4 by Davines. It's not cheap but the tube lasts forever and I basically get my hair cut twice a year so it's my one hair splurge. I find that if I let my hair dry and then scrunch in some of the putty my hair has a loose wave and it gets rid of the frizzies. I love your new natural look!

Thank you thank you thank you - I am now officially hip, cool and groovy! My hair has not met up with a hair dryer for an age - I do manage to introduce it to a comb every now and then - but i do love the bounce and energy that comes its way when I let it go wild and just finger comb it when wet!

I love your hair! In the summer I love going to be with wet hair and in the morning I wake up with soft natural wave curls. I think your family photo is beautiful, it looks natural and real and I didn't think twice about your hair!

I love this post! You look effortlessly beautiful. I favour that kind, I do as little as I can. I have also started to not blow dry my hair, I just really can't be bothered to spend 10 minutes doing it, especially in the summer heat. I do brush mine, but if I didn't have to, I wouldn't either ;-) x

I love it!! I've been going brush-and-blowdryer-less too, lately, but only on the weekends and haven't had to courage to do it for the workweek. This is giving me the boost I need to liberate myself lol (it's great being a girl, isnt it? :) )

I think brushing your hair (and washing it) is just part of good grooming. I just think, "What would my grandmother do?" (a very stylish lady). Although she didn't go overboard on makeup or hair, she always looked very pulled-together. I think this trend looks sloppy. Just my take.

I think brushing your hair (and washing it) is just part of good grooming. I just think, "What would my grandmother do?" (a very stylish lady). Although she didn't go overboard on makeup or hair, she always looked very pulled-together. I think this trend looks sloppy. Just my take.

I actually love this comment. So sweet. I hope my granddaughter looks at me with such admiration someday! My husband's grandma can barely walk around the house, but every week she gets her hair done at the salon! It makes her so happy!

I'm glad, I didn't mean it to be critical of you. :) I think people should do what they would like, and that trends change. It's a different era...I don't know whether to hold onto the past or embrace the future.

living in hawaii for the last 10 years really has ruined me when it comes to hair. 1st, i never trusted anyone at the 'haircut store' to cut it so i would just let it go. and voila now i have hair down to my bum. 2nd, it is way to stinking hot to take the time to blow dry, or if i did actually do my hair it would just go flat within an hour anyway. so most often i did the 'do nothing' do. my friends decided to call it mermaid hair. kinda frizzy, kinda wet, kinda dry, kinda curly, kinda awesome.now that i am living on the east coast i think i will have to change that especially with winter coming up. i didn't have to fear getting hypothermia from wet hair before now.

You want to know what I did? I stop combing and dyeing my hair! It was VERY difficult in the beginning and I'm only 42 with masses of grey hair.The funny thing is people actually come to me telling me all sorts of compliments! Have a good week!

Good for you. I also don't do much for my hair. I put creme conditioner in it and some spray gel, scruch and hope for the best. I am accepting that I have frizzy coarse waves and curls. I've always had a bit of messy hair and don't want to fight it anymore. It is easier to just accept and enjoy that I have a full head of hair still. You look so st, real and naturally beautiful.